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The Barbarian Nurseries (10th Anniversary Edition)

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Binding: Paperback
List Price: $19.00
Our Price: $3.25 $1.63 USD
Sale Price: 1.46 USD
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ISBN: 9781250824011
Publisher: Picador
Language: English
Page Count: 427
Publication Date: 9/7/2021
Size: 8.21" l x 5.72" w x 0.97"
Series: N/A

With The Barbarian Nurseries, Héctor Tobar gives our most misunderstood metropolis its great contemporary novel, taking us beyond the glimmer of Hollywood and deeper than camera-ready crime stories to reveal Southern California life as it really is, across its vast, sunshiny sprawl of classes, languages, dreams, and ambitions.

Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson have always relied on others to run their Orange County home. But when bad investments crater their bank account, it all comes down to Araceli, their somewhat prickly Mexican maid. One night, an argument between the couple turns physical, and a misunderstanding leaves the children in Araceli's care. Their parents unreachable, she takes them to central Los Angeles in the hopes of finding Scott's estranged Mexican father--an earnest quest that soon becomes a colossal misadventure, with consequences that ripple through every stratum of the sprawling city. Héctor Tobar's The Barbarian Nurseries is a masterful tale of contemporary Los Angeles, a novel as alive as the city itself.

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